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    "id": 881839,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/881839/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support this Motion and thank Hon. Didmus Barasa for bringing it. As I support the Motion, I want to agree with the Members who have spoken before me that we are talking about the transport sector. Although the NTSA is the unit that would be providing policy directions and regulations as we see in other countries, there seems to be some capacity lapse. When we look at countries like Botswana and South Africa, you will see that in the public transport system, they have a wider array of buses and matatus like what we have here, but because there is a clear system, policies and Acts that the Government has put in place to regulate and manage transport in the public sector, the Government is able to regulate fares. We do not have situations in Botswana or South Africa where owners of matatus wake up and just increase fares. As I support the Motion, I would like to call upon the NTSA to ensure that we think of transport, particularly public transport as a system. We would like to clearly define the needs. We need to know where the commuters are. We need to be defining when it is that they would need to be moving from one point to another. As was indicated earlier by Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal, we need to be clear on routes. We would not want to have a situation where any person can choose to run public transport deciding the route and the fare."
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